Odin
noun
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
Odinic
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a word derived from
Odin.
Example Sentences
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The Younger Edda contains the systematized theogony and cosmogony of our forefathers, while the Elder Edda presents the Odinic faith in a 28 series of lays or rhapsodies.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson
The idea of predestination was a salient feature in the Odinic religion.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson
Thus, for example, the vans did not originally belong to the Odinic system.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson
The central idea in the Odinic religion, the destruction and regeneration of the world, has taken this beautiful sun-myth of Balder into its service.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson
The two Eddas constitute, as it were, the Odinic Bible.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson
